Ghost
Directed by:
Jerry ZuckerScreenplay:
Bruce Joel RubinCinematography:
Adam GreenbergComposer:
Maurice JarreCast:
Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Tony Goldwyn, Whoopi Goldberg, Vincent Schiavelli, Said Faraj, Phil Leeds, Mike Jittlov, Stephen Root, Rick Aviles, Bruce Jarchow (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
After renovating their expensive loft in the TriBeCa section of Manhattan, Molly (Demi Moore) and Sam (Patrick Swayze), a young successful yuppie couple, are walking home one evening when Sam is tragically gunned down by a street mugger. Molly goes into a deep depression, but, unknown to her, Sam has come back as a ghost in order to protect her from danger--although he isn't yet aware who or what means her harm, and he has a lot of learning to do in order to make himself known to her. He teams up with an unwilling psychic, Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg), and together they try to convince a very skeptical Molly that Sam was actually murdered and has returned spectrally to complete some unfinished business. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1991 - Whoopi Goldberg (Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role)
- 1991 - Bruce Joel Rubin (Best Original Screenplay)
- 1991 - Best Motion Picture of the Year
- 1991 - Best Achievement in Film Editing
- 1991 - Maurice Jarre (Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score))
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1991 - Whoopi Goldberg (Best Supporting Actress)
- 1991 - Bruce Joel Rubin (Best Original Screenplay)
- 1991 - Best Make Up/Hair
- 1991 - Best Special Visual Effects
Golden Globes
- 1991 - Whoopi Goldberg (Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture)
- 1991 - Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- 1991 - Patrick Swayze (Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy)
- 1991 - Demi Moore (Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy)
The Saturn Awards
- 1991 - Best Fantasy Film
- 1991 - Demi Moore (Best Actress)
- 1991 - Whoopi Goldberg (Best Supporting Actress)
- 1991 - Jerry Zucker (Best Director)
- 1991 - Bruce Joel Rubin (Best Writing)
- 1991 - Patrick Swayze (Best Actor)
- 1991 - Tony Goldwyn (Best Supporting Actor)
- 1991 - Maurice Jarre (Best Music)
- 1991 - Bruce Nicholson, John T. Van Vliet, Laura Buff, Richard Edlund (Best Special / Visual Effects)